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Department of History | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
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Program Requirements

Students complete 120 units, as specified below.

Lower Division Requirements

Students complete 18 units of 100 and 200 division history courses.

The 100 and 200 division courses introduce four groupings of history course offerings: the history of the Americas; European history; the history of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia; and global/comparative history.

Students registering in 400 division seminars should have an appropriate background in 100, 200 and/or 300 division history. Normally, students should complete 45 units (or equivalent) prior to enrolment in any upper division history course.

Students should plan lower division course work with upper division requirements in mind. The program offers a wide range of courses in four lower division groups, providing introduction to a broad curriculum. A careful selection of lower division courses lays the foundation for specialization in specific upper division areas. For this reason, complete at least one course from at least three of the four lower division courses.

History majors may count one or both of WS 201 and 202 toward the required 18 lower division history units.

Students must complete at least nine lower division history units before enrolling in upper division work.

Group 1 – Europe

• HIST 106-3 The Making of Modern Europe
• HIST 215-3 The Making of the British Isles
• HIST 220-3 Late Medieval and Renaissance Europe
• HIST 223-3 Early Modern Europe, 1500-1789
• HIST 224-3 Europe from the French Revolution to the First World War
• HIST 225-3 20th Century Europe
• HIST 277-3 History of Greek Civilization
• HIST 288-3 History of Christianity to 1500

Group 2 – The Americas

• HIST 101-3 Canada to Confederation
• HIST 102W-3 Canada Since Confederation
• HIST 104-3 The Americas from Colonization to Independence
• HIST 204-3 The Social History of Canada
• HIST 208-3 Latin America: the Colonial Period
• HIST 209-3 Latin America: the National Period
• HIST 212-3 The United States to 1877
• HIST 213-3 The United States since 1877

Group 3 – Africa, Middle East, Asia

• HIST 146-3 Africa after the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• HIST 151-3 The Modern Middle East
• HIST 205-3 Japan to 1600
• HIST 206-3 Japan Since 1868
• HIST 231-3 History of Africa to the 19th Century: From Ancient Times to the Slave Trade
• HIST 249-3 Classical Islamic Civilization
• HIST 252-3 Islamic India
• HIST 254-3 China to 1800
• HIST 255-3 China Since 1800

Group 4 – Global/Comparative

• HIST 104-3 The Americas from Colonization to Independence
• HIST 115-3 Introduction to the History of Sexuality
• HIST 130-3 Fundamentals of World History
• HIST 208-3 Latin America: the Colonial Period
• HIST 249-3 Classical Islamic Civilization
• HIST 288-3 History of Christianity to 1500

Upper Division Requirements

Major students obtain credit in at least 32 units (eight courses) of 300 and 400 division work; 12 units (three courses) must be in 400 division courses. Courses must be distributed within all four groups. Students complete at least one course from each group. Global/Comparative courses that are also included in another group may only be counted towards fulfilling the upper division course requirement for one group.

Group 1 – Europe

• HIST 304-4 Alexander the Great and the Quest for World Empire
• HIST 307-4 Selected Topics in Hellenic Studies
• HIST 308-4 Byzantium from Constantine to the end of the Dark Ages: 4th to the 9th Centuries
• HIST 315-4 Politics and Society in England, 1500-1707
• HIST 316-4 English Society since the Mid 18th Century
• HIST 317-4 From Reconstruction to Destruction: The Byzantine Empire from the 9th to the 15th Centuries
• HIST 319-4 The Modern French Nation
• HIST 320-4 European Reformation
• HIST 321-4 State and Society in Early Modern Europe
• HIST 332-4 Politics and Culture in Modern Germany
• HIST 333-4 Modern Italy: Risorgimento to Republic
• HIST 334-4 The Making of Imperial Russia
• HIST 335-4 The Soviet Project
• HIST 336-4 Ideas and Society in Early Modern Europe
• HIST 337-4 The Balance of Power in Europe
• HIST 338-4 World War II
• HIST 339-4 The British Empire and Commonwealth
• HIST 345W-4 Selected Topics in European History
• HIST 360-4 History of Science: Greeks to Newton
• HIST 361-4 The History of Science: The 18th Century to the Present
• HIST 362-4 Ireland from the Penal Era to Partition
• HIST 401-4 Problems in Modern German History
• HIST 402-4 Renaissance Italy
• HIST 404-4 Protestants, Papists and Puritans: Culture and Belief in Early Modern England, 1500 – 1640
• HIST 407-4 Popular Culture in Great Britain and Europe
• HIST 412-4 Marxism and the Writing of History
• HIST 413-4 Britain and Europe in the Twentieth Century
• HIST 415-4 Victorian Britain
• HIST 416-4 The French Revolution
• HIST 417-4 Modern French Problems in History
• HIST 419-4 Problems in Modern Russian HIstory
• HIST 420-4 Russia as a Multiethnic Empire
• HIST 421-4 Modern Greece, 1864-1925
• HIST 422-4 Greece, 1935-1944: Occupation and Resistance
• HIST 433-4 Italian Films, Italian Histories
• HIST 439-4 Catholicism in Early Modern Europe
• HIST 445-4 Fascist Italy
• HIST 460-4 Themes in Byzantine History
• HIST 462-4 Religion, Ethnicity, and Politics in Twentieth-Century Northern Ireland

Group 2 – The Americas

• HIST 322-4 Atlantic and Pacific Migration
• HIST 323-4 The Canadian Prairies
• HIST/FNST 325-4 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America to 1850*
• HIST/FNST 326-4 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America Since 1850*
• HIST 327-4 Canadian labour and Working Class History
• HIST 329-4 Canadian Family History
• HIST 373-4 Conquest in North America,1500-1900
• HIST 374W-4 Selected Topics in the History of the Americas
• HIST 376-4 North American West
• HIST 377-4 Environmental History
• HIST 382-4 African-American History, since 1865
• HIST 424-4 Problems in the Cultural History of Canada
• HIST 425-4 Gender and History
• HIST 426-4 State Power and Social Regulation in North America
• HIST 427-4 Problems in the History of Aboriginal Peoples
• HIST 428-4 Problems in the Social and Economic History of Canada
• HIST 430-4 New France
• HIST 432-4 Problems in Environmental History
• HIST 436-4 British Columbia
• HIST 442-4 America’s Empires
• HIST/FNST 443-4 Aboriginal Peoples, History and the Law*
• HIST 444-4 Conceptualizing Atlantic Canada
• HIST 450-4 Race, Expansion and War in the Early American Republic
• HIST 454-4 The History of Sexuality
• HIST 455-4 Race in the Americas
• HIST 458-4 Problems in Latin American Regional History
• HIST 459-4 Problems in the Political and Social History of Latin America

*only one of the cross-listed HIST/FNST courses can be completed for credit

Group 3 – Africa, Middle East, Asia

• HIST 343-4 Africa and the Slave Trade
• HIST 344-4 Themes in Modern East Africa
• HIST 348-4 A History of 20th Century South Africa
• HIST 350-4 The Ottoman Empire and Turkey
• HIST 352-4 Religion and Politics in Modern Iran
• HIST 354-4 Imperialism and Modernity in the Middle East
• HIST 355-4 The Arab Middle East in the Twentieth Century
• HIST 366-4 Social and Cultural History of Modern China
• HIST 367-4 History of the People's Republic of China
• HIST 368W-4 Selected Topics in the History of the Wider World
• HIST 371-4 The Asia Pacific War in Modern Japanese History
• HIST 388-4 Christianity and Globalization
• HIST 456-4 The Late Ottoman Empire: State, Culture and Social Transformation, 1750-1923
• HIST 457-4 The Turkish Republic: Politics, Society and Culture, 1918-present
• HIST 464-4 Problems in Modern Asian History
• HIST 465-4 The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
• HIST 466-4 Religion and Society in Africa, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century
• HIST 467-4 Modern Egypt
• HIST 468-4 Problems in the History of Religion
• HIST 469-4 Islamic Social and Intellectual History
• HIST 471-4 Women in Japanese History (1600-1952)
• HIST 472-4 Problems in World History
• HIST 473-4 The Making of South African Society
• HIST 479-4 Change, Conflict and Resistance in Twentieth-Century China

Group 4 – Global/Comparative

• HIST 300-4 Historiography
• HIST 322-4 Atlantic and Pacific Migration
• HIST 334-4 The Making of Imperial Russia
• HIST 335-4 The Soviet Project
• HIST 363-4 History of Technology
• HIST 373-4 Conquest in North America, 1500-1900
• HIST 376-4 North American West
• HIST 388-4 Christianity and Globalization
• HIST 412-4 Marxism and the Writing of History
• HIST 420-4 Russia as a Multiethnic Empire
• HIST 425-4 Gender and History
• HIST 442-4 America’s Empires
• HIST 451-4 Oral History: Theories and Practices
• HIST 454-4 The History of Sexuality
• HIST 461-4 Oral History: Practicum
• HIST 466-4 Religion and Society in Africa, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century
• HIST 468-4 Problems in the History of Religion
• HIST 469-4 Islamic Social and Intellectual History
• HIST 472-4 Problems in World History

Canadian Content Courses

These interdisciplinary courses have some Canadian history content.

• CNS 160-3 The Social Background of Canada
• CNS 210-3 Foundations of Canadian Culture
• CNS 391-3 Special Canadian Topics
• CNS 490-3 Canadian Intellectual Tradition

Concentration in British History and Irish History

Students qualify for this concentration by completing

• HIST 215-3 The Making of the British Isles

and one of

• HIST 315-4 Politics and Society in England, 1500-1707
• HIST 316-4 English Society since the Mid 18th Century
• HIST 339-4 The British Empire and Commonwealth
• HIST 362-4 Ireland from the Penal Era to Partition

and four of

• HIST 404-4 Protestants, Papists and Puritans: Culture and Belief in Early Modern England, 1500 – 1640
• HIST 407-4 Popular Culture in Great Britain and Europe
• HIST 413-4 Britain and Europe in the Twentieth Century
• HIST 415-4 Victorian Britain
• HIST 462-4 Religion, Ethnicity, and Politics in Twentieth-Century Northern Ireland

Concentration in Early Modern World History

Students qualify for this concentration by completing three of

• HIST 101-3 Canada to Confederation
• HIST 104-3 The Americas from Colonization to Independence
• HIST 205-3 Japan to 1600
• HIST 208-3 Latin America: the Colonial Period
• HIST 252-3 Islamic India
• HIST 254-3 China to 1800
• HIST 325-4 History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America to 1850
• HIST 343-4 Africa and the Slave Trade
• HIST 373-4 Conquest in North America, 1500-1900
• HIST 430-4 New France
• HIST 442-4 America's Empires
• HIST 472-4 Problems in World History (when offered as a non-European topic

and three of

• HIST 220-3 Late Medieval and Renaissance Europe
• HIST 223-3 Early Modern Europe, 1500-1789
• HIST 315-4 Politics and Society in England, 1500-1707
• HIST 320-4 European Reformation
• HIST 321-4 State and Society in Early Modern Europe
• HIST 336-4 Ideas and Society in Early Modern Europe
• HIST 360-4 The History of Science: Greeks to Newton
• HIST 402-4 Renaissance Italy
• HIST 404-4 Protestants, Papists and Puritans: Culture and Belief in Early Modern England, 1500-1640
• HIST 416-4 The French Revolution
• HIST 439-4 Catholicism in Early Modern Europe
• HIST 472-4 Problems in World History (when offered as a European topic)

At least four of these six required courses must be at the upper division. Other courses with appropriate content can be used for credit upon prior application to the advisor.

Concentration in Middle Eastern and Islamic History

Students qualify for this concentration by completing two of

• HIST 151-3 The Modern Middle East
• HIST 249-3 Classical Islamic Civilization
• HIST 252-3 Islamic India

and four of

• HIST 350-4 The Ottoman Empire and Turkey
• HIST 352-4 Religion and Politics in Modern Iran
• HIST 354-4 Imperialism and Modernity in the Middle East
• HIST 355-4 The Arab Middle East in the Twentieth Century
• HIST 456-4 The Late Ottoman Empire: State, Culture and Social Transformation, 1750-1923
• HIST 457-4 The Turkish Republic: Politics, Society and Culture, 1918-Present
• HIST 465-4 The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
• HIST 467-4 Modern Egypt
• HIST 469-4 Islamic Social and Intellectual History

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Program Requirements

For all bachelor of arts (BA) programs (except the honours program), students complete 120 units, which includes

• at least 60 units that must be completed at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV
• at least 45 upper division units, of which at least 30 upper division units must be completed at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV
• at least 65 units (including 21 upper division units) in Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences courses
• satisfaction of the writing, quantitative, and breadth requirements
• an overall cumulative grade point average (CGPA) and upper division CGPA of at least 2.0, and a program (major, joint major, extended minor, minor) CGPA and upper division CGPA of at least 2.0

Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements

Students admitted to ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV beginning in the fall 2006 term must meet writing, quantitative and breadth requirements as part of any degree program they may undertake. See Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth Requirements for university-wide information.

Residency Requirements and Transfer Credit

The University’s residency requirement stipulates that, in most cases, total transfer and course challenge credit may not exceed 60 units, and may not include more than 15 units as upper division work.

Elective Courses

In addition to the courses listed above, students should consult an academic advisor to plan the remaining required elective courses.

Languages Other Than English

Although not required for a history BA, it is useful to be acquainted with a language other than English for many history courses. Students, especially those who intend to pursue graduate courses, should consider including a second language in their programs.

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